Rangers Seek Exit for Nedim Bajrami as Al Taawoun Shows Interest

Nedim Bajrami’s Rangers career looks to be heading for the exit door, less than a year after he walked through the one at Ibrox.

The Albania international arrived from Sassuolo in August 2024 as a creative option expected to add guile to the midfield. Instead, his first season in Glasgow never really caught fire. Twelve Scottish Premiership appearances, flashes of ability, but no sustained run, no rhythm, and ultimately no convincing case to be part of the club’s next phase.

Now the picture is brutally clear.

Derek McInnes has told Bajrami he is not in his plans for the coming campaign, placing him among a group of players the club are actively trying to move on as a major rebuild gathers pace. Rangers are driving hard in the market to reshape McInnes’ squad before the window closes, and shifting Bajrami would open up both space and budget for incoming signings.

For a while, the most likely escape routes seemed familiar.

Interest from Italy and Turkey was noted, with clubs monitoring a player who has slipped down the pecking order at Ibrox but still carries a decent pedigree from Serie A and international football. That always hinted at a move that would keep him within Europe’s traditional lanes.

Now the story has taken a different turn.

Sunsport report that Saudi Pro League side Al Taawoun are pushing to take Bajrami this summer. Talks are understood to centre on an initial loan, with a view to a permanent deal worth around £2.5 million. For Rangers, that kind of structure would remove a squad outlier immediately and lock in a future fee that reflects both his age and his stalled impact in Scotland.

Negotiations are ongoing, with Al Taawoun at the front of the queue, but not alone. Other clubs are described as “waiting in the wings”, ready to move if the Saudi proposal stalls or if the terms shift. That interest gives Rangers a degree of leverage they did not have a few weeks ago, when Bajrami’s future looked more uncertain and the market less defined.

For the player, the choice is stark.

Stay and fight for minutes under a manager who has already drawn a line through his name, or embrace a fresh start in a rapidly growing league that has become a magnet for players seeking both opportunity and security.

Rangers, though, seem to have made their decision. The rebuild is moving, and Bajrami’s next destination now feels like a matter of when and where, not if.